The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Egyptian Embassy in China jointly staged a press conference to launch the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Monday.
Two American movies, Carol, and Bridge of Spies, topped the nominations in the shortlist for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) annual awards.
A Nobel laureate and a Peking Opera performer are among those honored for their roles in promoting Chinese culture at an annual program that is jointly hosted by a government body and a TV station.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned more than $33 million in its Saturday debut in China, ranking third in history only after Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
China and Egypt will hold cultural events in each other's country throughout this year to mark the China-Egypt Cultural Year, which is also the 60th anniversary of the two countries' establishing bilateral diplomatic relations.
Child's play Titanic is going to be staged in Shanghai, East China, on Feb 11, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
The festival considered the film "one of the best films and an example of the martial arts genre which is elevated into the realm of art by its superb visual style."
In Sydney, a series of cultural events have been launched with more expected to come as the Sydney China Cultural Center opened its "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" campaign.
More than 14,000 relics have been retrieved from an ancient cargo ship after it was salvaged from a depth of 30 meters below the surface of the South China Sea in late 2007, Chinese archaeologists said Saturday.
Even though the Chinese Lunar New Year is still a month away, people are already going ape for the Year of the Monkey.
Chinese universities are starting to use their own diploma certificates this year after the government stopped requiring them to use a standardized design.
Mr. Six, a domestic action-thriller, ruled the box office in the week ending Jan 3, earning 440 million yuan ($66.8 million).